tambourine-man
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Agreed. They're cheap as chips (guffaw).
Grow expensive stuff, or stuff that the supermarkets don't stock.
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Grow expensive stuff, or stuff that the supermarkets don't stock.
I love asparagus mailmonkey, thank you for the suggestion.
We have a north-north-east back garden, as you can imagine its wet and then it gets the salty-sea wind from offshore, though we are semi protected by the mull of kintyre. Bloody damn hilly site
You and tambo are right, was a waste of time even trying tattie, they were blasted by wind, destroyed after months of tlc
One lives and learns.
I'll take your suggestion for Alderman peas, surprisingly I had much success with staking out sweetpeas (some in pots, some in the ground on willow obelisks) so will do this with eat-me-peas, hopefully other varieties like sugersnaps etc
What about chard, other greens? We like green veggies here and have really enjoyed the homegrown non-stop kale and salad leaves.
Thank you for the inspiration and good advice, I'm an absolute novice with this, spent a lot of time and money on it these last 2 years and mostly had lots of tears when it didn't work. (man got really fed up with me when he was offshore at work with me going on about courgette failure lol)
We have a north-north-east back garden, as you can imagine its wet and then it gets the salty-sea wind from offshore, though we are semi protected by the mull of kintyre. Bloody damn hilly site
You and tambo are right, was a waste of time even trying tattie, they were blasted by wind, destroyed after months of tlc
One lives and learns. I'll take your suggestion for Alderman peas, surprisingly I had much success with staking out sweetpeas (some in pots, some in the ground on willow obelisks) so will do this with eat-me-peas, hopefully other varieties like sugersnaps etc
What about chard, other greens? We like green veggies here and have really enjoyed the homegrown non-stop kale and salad leaves.
Thank you for the inspiration and good advice, I'm an absolute novice with this, spent a lot of time and money on it these last 2 years and mostly had lots of tears when it didn't work. (man got really fed up with me when he was offshore at work with me going on about courgette failure lol)
Mailmonkey
Bluelighter
Chard is great! Grows all year round down here, should manage a good 9 month season even up there, and will be very forgiving of all weather conditions and sandy soil.
Rainbow chard looks beautiful too.
Very very easy to grow,and massive yields.
you can strip the leaf and use as spinack, and the thick stems can be sliced to use like pak choi.
Best thing is it's all cut and come again, so you use the big outer leaves, and it'll keep on and on, and on...and on producong, all through the autumn, well into winter even.
Pak choi, that's another that does well for us.
EDIT>>>>re, the Alderman peas, just check with your local seed supplier/agricultural stores, theymight have a better suggestion for your climate, I always go with whatever variety they tell me the local farmers are using to start with if I'm trying a new crop.
Rainbow chard looks beautiful too.
Very very easy to grow,and massive yields.
you can strip the leaf and use as spinack, and the thick stems can be sliced to use like pak choi.
Best thing is it's all cut and come again, so you use the big outer leaves, and it'll keep on and on, and on...and on producong, all through the autumn, well into winter even.
Pak choi, that's another that does well for us.
EDIT>>>>re, the Alderman peas, just check with your local seed supplier/agricultural stores, theymight have a better suggestion for your climate, I always go with whatever variety they tell me the local farmers are using to start with if I'm trying a new crop.
Mailmonkey
Bluelighter
Beetroot is easy and very satisfying too Kate, and much beter when fresh picked.
Plant out a few new seeds every couple weeks from March to Sept, prob August up there....
I'l be planting out beetroots from next week or two.
Leeks also like a sandy soil, they do well on our plot, need a lot of fert though..
How do you fertilise? After a storm just collect loads of seaweed, leave it in the rain for a bit, and dig it straight in, works wonders...we dig a lot of fish heads and bones and stuff in too, but not really worth it unless you got boxes and boxes of it.
Plant out a few new seeds every couple weeks from March to Sept, prob August up there....
I'l be planting out beetroots from next week or two.
Leeks also like a sandy soil, they do well on our plot, need a lot of fert though..
How do you fertilise? After a storm just collect loads of seaweed, leave it in the rain for a bit, and dig it straight in, works wonders...we dig a lot of fish heads and bones and stuff in too, but not really worth it unless you got boxes and boxes of it.
Crack4Lyfe
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Tried potatoes last year and the yield was pathetic.
Planted some chilli seeds today, going to try and grow about 6 different types. Other things I want to try are squashes, shallots, garlic, asparagus but haven't got the patience to wait 2 years for a crop.
also want to grow sweet peppers and aubergines but never cropped any in the past
Planted some chilli seeds today, going to try and grow about 6 different types. Other things I want to try are squashes, shallots, garlic, asparagus but haven't got the patience to wait 2 years for a crop.
also want to grow sweet peppers and aubergines but never cropped any in the past
Mailmonkey
Bluelighter
Garlic is a piece of piss C4L! Chillis are nice and easy too, and yield well, we're still drying last years chilli crops, keep them warm while germinating, they take a loooong time to germinate, don't give up on them, you'll think they've rotted, or are duff seeds, but they'll come up in time.
Elephant Garlic is freakish huge.
Elephant Garlic is freakish huge.
brimz
Bluelighter
Four quality gardening posts later are you still saying your not the Guru ?
I'm not having that :D
I'm not having that :D
Mugz
Bluelighter
why is the thread title for this thread in a larger font than all of the other threads on the front page, or is it just my browser?
Yeh it's your browser or gtfo n' plant someit.
Mugz
Bluelighter
ha, I planted some potatos on the allotment that was taken away from me, is that enough?
Mailmonkey
Bluelighter
you abandoned some seed potatoes in shallow graves and left them to rot/dessicate?
That WILL NOT do.
As kate says, gtfo
That WILL NOT do.
As kate says, gtfo
Mailmonkey
Bluelighter
oh well.
Welcome Mugz!
Welcome Mugz!
Mugz
Bluelighter
Since it's you and you is sweet, ok
Thanks
Oooh, I have more gardening related Mugz stuff to say. Since the allotment was taken away from me I have now got some gardening gloves and a big garden fork in my room in the flat, and I have nowhere to use them
there is grass outside but I think I'd get in trouble randomly planting stuff, although they would most likely just assume I was a contractor planting some stuff on a gardening contract. I'll gtfo now as there is nothing more for me to add to the thread as I have no garden anymore
Mailmonkey
Bluelighter
Brilliant day down the allotment, fuckin boiling, load of cider, one diaz, couple of dhc's, fucking loads of weed, managed to clear a whole bed, double dig, rake, remove couch grass and stones, and got a load of Hurst Green Shaft (low growing) peas planted, and got good supports in for them...The bed wasa joy to dig, last year we'd fucking filled it with fishing watse, massive great cod heads, ray bodies, loads of seaweed, ling frames, all sorts of shit, digging through it today all but the biggest face bones and some spinal bones are gone, and the soil is ramed with worms and lovely dark, airy but moisture retentive, looking forward to this...
And planted a load of beetroot, Pablo F1 variety, lol, couldn't resist the name....
broad beans all up now, amazing once they get going %)
Got another couple of beds we left fallow last year and filled with fishing waste and seaweed still to dig over, gonna get a load of new chard going, garlic, elephant garlic, rocket, some french beans, borlotti beans for drying, some tall Alderman peas, and a few runners.
And we'll fill in any gaps with wild rocket, herbs, and salad leaves....
tomatoes peppers and chillis in the greenhouse.
great day. Real hot summer day :D
AND I finished off a load of decking we only half completed last summer!!!! %)
And planted a load of beetroot, Pablo F1 variety, lol, couldn't resist the name....
broad beans all up now, amazing once they get going %)
Got another couple of beds we left fallow last year and filled with fishing waste and seaweed still to dig over, gonna get a load of new chard going, garlic, elephant garlic, rocket, some french beans, borlotti beans for drying, some tall Alderman peas, and a few runners.
And we'll fill in any gaps with wild rocket, herbs, and salad leaves....
tomatoes peppers and chillis in the greenhouse.
great day. Real hot summer day :D
AND I finished off a load of decking we only half completed last summer!!!! %)
Thanks Mr Monkey owe you a kate-splif.
I'm in awe of the amount of work you put in %) do you run your allotment with your family and / or mates?
It has not been summery here at all, still very still much winter biggin' it over spring![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
Even my winter pansies haven't come out to play yet and last winter when it was snowy for ever they were colourful little chaps.
I did visit my purple sprouting broccoli today and she's kinda hinting she may give me a meal or 3, the brussels are like bloody great bloom thing!
them and the cabbages have got themselves into a love triangle somewhere 8( Kale still giving, so should harvest the last of it for soup and stir fries.
Must get on with the pea projects - sooo much for the reminder.
Really must get on with the flowers too. My heathers have been stars this winter btw, lovely colour and coverage, they're loving it here.
I do miss sitting out with a joint and drink in the evening and pottering about out there - come on spring, find your way to Scotland!
owe you a kate-splif.I'm in awe of the amount of work you put in %) do you run your allotment with your family and / or mates?
It has not been summery here at all, still very still much winter biggin' it over spring
Even my winter pansies haven't come out to play yet and last winter when it was snowy for ever they were colourful little chaps. I did visit my purple sprouting broccoli today and she's kinda hinting she may give me a meal or 3, the brussels are like bloody great bloom thing!
them and the cabbages have got themselves into a love triangle somewhere 8( Kale still giving, so should harvest the last of it for soup and stir fries. Must get on with the pea projects - sooo much
for the reminder. Really must get on with the flowers too. My heathers have been stars this winter btw, lovely colour and coverage, they're loving it here.
I do miss sitting out with a joint and drink in the evening and pottering about out there - come on spring, find your way to Scotland!
badandwicked
Bluelighter
This thread needs more pics!
I took a walk with the dog this evening up to where I have my veg patch. I haven't seen it since I covered it & walked away in October, kind of wish I hadn't now.
I think it looks worse than it is.
tractoring at sunset
I took a walk with the dog this evening up to where I have my veg patch. I haven't seen it since I covered it & walked away in October, kind of wish I hadn't now.
I think it looks worse than it is.
tractoring at sunset
^
Are you in that tractor B&W ?!
Looks like you gotta lot of digging to do - me too, my land needs nourishment, damn that sandy soil grrr. Sore backs all round soon I reckon. Actually looking forward to it and ruining my nails hehe. Love working with soil - great stuff!
What are you thinking of planting out this year?
Are you in that tractor B&W ?!
Looks like you gotta lot of digging to do - me too, my land needs nourishment, damn that sandy soil grrr. Sore backs all round soon I reckon. Actually looking forward to it and ruining my nails hehe. Love working with soil - great stuff!
What are you thinking of planting out this year?
Mailmonkey
Bluelighter
mate that should be sweet once you uncover it, I always mean to, but never get round to it, I've tried green manuring it before too, but still just as big a bastard of a job as it is clearing random weeds and stuff come spring, so usually just leave it...
I got to get a camera, ours broke about 6 months ago.....I'll see if I can find an old photo of our plot...
I got to get a camera, ours broke about 6 months ago.....I'll see if I can find an old photo of our plot...
badandwicked
Bluelighter
^ yeah, it needs a lot of tidying up but I've hopefully avoided most of the grass & weeds. Need to get my finger out. My regret is not fertilizing like you did before I covered it, what you put is in is going to pay so many dividends. I green manured a section last winter and it was a bitch digging it all in, but the difference in the soil worms & crop was noticable. I wouldn't bother doing it again either to be honest. Have you got a rotevator Malimonkey?
No Kate - not me in the tractor! Just a field I have to walk through.
I used all my home made compost last year and I've been moving around since so haven't made any more. i've got some wood ash I saved & chicken shit pellets so that'll have to do this year. Here's to a good growing season EADDers.
No Kate - not me in the tractor! Just a field I have to walk through.
I used all my home made compost last year and I've been moving around since so haven't made any more. i've got some wood ash I saved & chicken shit pellets so that'll have to do this year. Here's to a good growing season EADDers.